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Roberts, Scott W. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1987
The "Food First Curriculum" is being used to educate elementary school students about global perspectives, farming, the path of food from farm to table, causes of global hunger, who goes hungry in the United States, and ways to work for change. Included is a presentation of one of the curriculum's learning activities, "How Does the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Education, Global Approach, Health Education
Van Vliet, Lucille W. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1988
Describes a lesson designed to involve students in grades 6 through 8 in learning how geography was affected the problem of world hunger. Emphasis is placed on using maps, globes, atlases, and geographic dictionaries, as well as books, magazines, and other resources. (MES)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Hunger, Learning Activities
Kempf, Stephanie – 1997
This manual engages young people in the task of helping save their less fortunate peers from hunger and starvation. The activities give students the knowledge to take action on the causes of hunger and their capacity to change the world. Global hunger, caused by the economic and social forces that result in a billion people going to bed hungry on…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Hunger

Schwartz, Richard H. – Journal of Geography, 1983
Geography teachers can use mathematics to teach fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students about critical global issues. Five sample problems concerning population, poverty, waste, the arms race, and hunger are presented. The global issue related to each problem is discussed, and the solution and mathematical skill are provided. (RM)
Descriptors: Disarmament, Geography Instruction, Global Approach, Hunger
Joy, Carrol; Regan, Patrick – 1983
This elementary and secondary level world hunger curriculum guide is designed both to educate teachers and students in the basics of world hunger, and to guide them in organizing student groups to take action that will combat hunger. A background information section is presented in part 1, which describes who and where the hungry are, what it is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Hunger, Interdisciplinary Approach
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1983
Designed for use by school and community groups, this kit is divided into three parts. The "Source Book," the core of the program, provides background information on Gandhi, details on the links between Mahatma Gandhi and UNICEF, and a comprehensive bibliography to facilitate further research. Separate one-page readings relate Gandhi's…
Descriptors: Biographies, Community Education, Developing Nations, Education
Shiman, David – 1986
Over one billion of the world's people are chronically hungry. For them, life is a hunger cycle characterized by vulnerability to disease, stunted physical and mental development, reduced energy and motivation, and low work productivity. This curriculum guide is designed to channel student awareness and concern into effective action. The…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Food

Czarra, Fred R.; Long, Cathryn J., Eds. – Social Studies, 1983
Activities help high school students become aware of the extent of world hunger and the place of population control in the fight against hunger. The materials offer the student background information and a variety of viewpoints. The aim of each activity is to increase the student's own informed decision making. (CS)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Food, Global Approach
Wright, Ellen Hayes, Comp.; Harrell, Patricia S., Comp. – 1985
This 7-unit curriculum guide presents a factual basis for understanding the global implications of hunger and poverty in developing countries and their effects on political stability and peace, economic and development productivity, and the well-being of families. The philosophy, rationale and objectives of the International Service Association…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Education, Culture

Murphy, Elaine M. – Social Education, 1984
This essay, intended for use with secondary grade students, describes the current world situation regarding food and population and discusses likely prospects for feeding a hungry and growing population. Student resources for further reading and research are provided. A separate teaching guide is included. (RM)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Food
Zander, Janet – 1986
Hunger and malnutrition lead to the deaths of 13-18 million people a year; 75 percent of these victims are children. World Food Day was created to focus attention on the world's food and farm problems and to encourage the world's people to become directly involved in the solution of these problems. It is sponsored jointly by the United Nations…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Elementary School Curriculum

Czarra, Fred R.; Long, Cathryn J., Eds. – Social Studies, 1983
Describes activities for grades 4-6 to help students develop a base of knowledge and attitudes from which they can approach the problem of world hunger. Activities include studying nutrients; food groups; where food is grown; why and where people are hungry; and how to help solve the world food problem. (CS)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Developing Nations, Food, Futures (of Society)
Zero Population Growth, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982
Fourteen units for high school global education classes are based on "The Global 2000 Report to the President," which examines the relationships between worldwide population growth and resource and environmental consequences. Topics of the units are population; income; food; fisheries; forests; water; nonfuel minerals; energy; impacts on…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Air Pollution, Conservation (Environment), Energy
Ormston, Randy, Ed. – 1979
To examine the cultural characteristics of a society without exploring the human condition of that society and how it relates to all as citizens on this planet is to ignore the realities of today. Most Canadians see global problems as massive and overwhelming. Some are uninformed and others are misinformed. As a result, gross misconceptions have…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Curriculum Enrichment, Developing Nations
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1983
These materials for the curriculum area of feeding and nourishing the family comprise one of six such packages that are part of the Ohio Vocational Consumer/Homemaking Curriculum Guide. The curriculum area or perennial problem taken up in this document is divided into four practical problems about what to do: (1) to be well-nourished; (2) as a…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Consumer Education, Curriculum Guides, Family Life Education
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